14.3 Hydrocarbon Habitats
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MAJOR OlL/ GAS ACCUMULATION
Fig. 14.12. a Principal oil fields of the Middle East,
associated with source beds deposited in intra-shelf
basins of a very large Jurassic-Creataceous carbonate
platform (after Stoneley 1987). b Depositional environment during the Upper Jurassie (late Oxfordian to
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MIDDLE EAST OlL PROVINCE
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early Kimmeridgian). c Simplified, undeformed cross
section of central gulf displaying the relationship
between major hydrocarbon source beds, reservoirs,
and seal rocks. (After Murris 1985)